Brewery Reviews
Surfridge Brewing Company
When we went: April 22nd, 2022 Where: 6 Main St, Centerbrook, CT 06409 Surfridge Brewing Company opened its first location in California in 2019, and followed that with a Connecticut location in 2021. The name of the company comes from a former seaside community that is now a blue butterfly preserve. When Nick and I…
30 Mile Brewing Company
When we went: November 12th, 2021 Where: 39 Ragged Rock Rd, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 30 Mile Brewing Company opened in Old Saybrook in 2015, and sadly it will permanently shut down on January 16th. Many small businesses, breweries especially, have been hit hard by the pandemic. 30 Mile Brewing is not the first or…
High Nine Brewing
When I Went: July 23rd, 2021 Where: 6 Winter Ave Suite 7, Deep River, CT 06417 I recently went back to High Nine Brewery in Deep River which has been open on and off during the pandemic. The first time I went was with Shannon right after they opened up in November of 2019, in…
Concentric Brewing
When Chris Went: June 13th, 2021 Where: 91 Main Street, Portland, CT 06480 Concentric Brewing company opened in Portland in February becoming Portland’s first brewery. Coming from Middletown, the taproom is located just over the Arrigoni bridge making it conveniently located close to the highway and to my house. The name “Concentric” comes from the…
Stubborn Beauty Brewing Company
When Chris Went: May 8th, 2021 Where: 180 Johnson Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Stubborn Beauty brewing company opened in 2014 in the old Remington Rand building. If you read our review of Forest City brewing, located in the same building, you know that Remington Rand is an old industrial building. It’s history dates back to…
Bergen House
When Chris Went: March 27th, 2021 Where: 725 Main Street, Unit 27, Middletown, CT 06457 It seems every time I go to Middletown there is a new establishment opening up. This time it was Bergen House, a meadery that opened in Fall of 2020. It is one of only a handful of meaderies in Connecticut,…
Forest City Brewing
When Chris Went: September 26th, 2020 Where: 180 Johnson St, Middletown, CT 06457 Forest City Brewing opened their taproom in the Remington Rand building in Middletown in 2017, and since then the building has become a hotspot for alcohol. Today, the Remington Rand complex has two breweries, Forest City and Stubborn Beauty, and a cidery,…
Spoke + Spy Ciderworks
When we went: June 6th, 2020 Where: 180 Johnson Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Spoke + Spy Ciderworks opened in Middletown in 2018 but the idea was hatched when owners Ron and Kim were living in England drinking cider in pubs and bars. They decided to start brewing at home and it eventually led them to…
Little House Brewing Company
When Shannon Went: March 5th, 2020 Where: 16 Main St, Chester, CT, 06412 Okay, I know were not supposed to call them cute, but…. Little House Brewing Company is SO CUTE! This (extremely cute) brewery lives within the walls of a nearly 200 year old house that has had many different lives throughout the years.…
Powder Hollow Brewery
When we went: January 23rd, 2020 Location one: 504 Hazard Ave, Enfield, CT 06082 Location two: 62 Washington Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Powder Hollow opened in Enfield in 2014 and expanded to Middletown in 2019. Powder Hollow gets its name from the area where the brewery began. Powder Hollow is a part of Hazardville, which…
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